The General Data Protection Regulation 2016 replaces the EU Data Protection Directive of 1995 and supersedes the UK’s Data Protection Act 1998. Its purpose is to protect the “rights and freedoms” of living individuals in relation to their personal data.

Our company is Ava Shipping Ltd T/A Spartan Metal Recycling. This privacy policy will explain how our organisation uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our website. We are committed to protecting our customers in respect of personal data, and the protection of the rights and freedoms of individuals whose information we collect and process in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR and this policy apply to all of our personal data processing functions, including those performed on customers’, clients’, candidates’, employees’, and suppliers’ personal data, and any other personal data we process from any source.

Our company collects the following data when you access our website:

• Time & Date of Access
• IP Address
• Internet Provider
• Browser Type
• Operating System

The personal data collected when you access our website is collected and processed safely.

You directly provide Spartan Metal Recycling Ltd with most of the data we collect.  We collect data and process data when you: 

• Voluntarily email us  
• Use or view or website via your browser's cookies 
• When you call us using the call button from our advert or website 
• Chat to us on live chat 

Spartan Metal Recycling collects your data so that we can:

• Manage your account
• Contact you with special offers we think you might like
• Increase our company performance

Spartan Metal Recycling securely stores your data on our secure servers along with our company security measures.

We will keep your personal data for the legally required time or for the performance of the company.

Spartan Metal Recycling would like to make sure you are fully aware of all your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access – You have the right to request Spartan Metal Recycling for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.

The right to rectification – You have the right to request that Spartan Metal Recycling correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete information that you believe is incomplete.

The right to erasure – You have the right to request the Spartan Metal Recycling erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that Spartan Metal Recycling restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to object to processing – You have the right to request that Spartan Metal Recycling processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to data portability – You have the right to request that Spartan Metal Recycling transfer the data that we have collected to another organisation, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us:

By Phone: 01474 554795 or email: trina@spartanmetalrecycling.com

To make this site work properly, we sometimes place small data files called cookies on your device. Most big websites do this too.

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. When you visit our website, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology.

For further information, visit www.allaboutcookies.org

Spartan Metal Recycling uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:

• Understanding how you use our website
• For online behavioural advertising
• We use google analytics on this web [age for site statistics
• If you have agreed (or not) to our use of cookies on this site

There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses:

• Functionality – We use these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and a location you are in. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.
• Advertising – We use these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed and information about your browser, device and your IP address. We sometimes share limited aspects of this data with third parties for advertising purposes. We may also share online data collected through cookies with our advertising partners. This means that when you visit another website, you may be shown advertising based on your browsing patterns on our website.

You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.

The Spartan Metal Recycling website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.

We keep our privacy policy under regular review and place any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated 1st June 2026.

If you have any questions about Spartan Metal Recycling privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Email us at: trina@spartanmetalrecycling.com

Call us on: 01474 554795

Write to us at: Spartan Metal Recycling, Wharf Road, Gravesend, Kent DA12 2RU

Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that we have not address your company concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Email: www.ico.org.uk/for-the-public

Call: 0303 123 1113